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Monday, May 30, 2011

Hello,
and welcome to the first of ArtSHINE’s Healthy LifeStyle mini blog spots. My
name’s Kmaru and I’ll be spending some
time with you each week as we get healthier together.

With a
healthy lifestyle you can accomplish anything... All it takes is a little
guidance and motivation.

"It's
now or never"

From
today it’s our goal to help you achieve your fitness goal... Whatever that is
for you.

What
we’ll do each week is provide you with some information to consider. With that
information you’ll be able to make some decisions about how you’ll live your
healthier lifestyle, and set yourself some goals. And at the end of every blog
we’ll leave you with some action points too

We’ve
also set up a FAN PAGE where you’ll be able to ask
questions too.

Now,
first things first...

As
Vinh talks about in his OPIC model we first need to establish where
we are right now... That’s because we need to know our starting point...

The
reason the Body Mass Index (BMI) is used for screening the health of the
general population is because there’s a strong correlation between being
overweight or obese and having health problems, chronic disease and premature
death. People who are overweight or obese have an increased risk for the
following conditions: